Box-seal.



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the Sta-te of New ierse i' have invente a non1 and useful improvement in of which the following isa specs This invention relates to means tor secur- Ving the fastenings of wooden packing or boxes by means or" bex Astra.w or strap iron or like flat metal and metallic seals, 'with reference to insuring the-detection of abstractions or attempted abstractions of the contents of such boxes during storage or transportation. l

It relates especially to the nailless seals and seal accessories sct .torti respectively in the specifications of Edward J. Brooks forming part oi? his applications for United States Letters Patent, Serial No, 484,847, iiledliarch 19, i909, patented. J une 22, 1909, No. 925450; Serial lilo. 4841562, filed March 20, 1909, patented d une 22,1969, No. 925451; and Serial lo. 91,271, iled April 2l, 1909, patented July (3, 1909, No. 927217; and in my' specification forming' part of an application for United Sta-tes lietters Patent, Serial No. @Sdi-Q1, iiled April i3, 1909, patented July 13, 1909, No. 9281176.

The present 4invention consists in a new article or" manufacture adapted for use alternatively as the seal part of a nailless box seal and also as an accessory of such seals in such number may be required, and in a novel combination of parts including a neilless `nox seal and seal accessories oi such construction, as hereinater particularly described and claimed.

lThe leadlng objects of this invention are to adapt a simple sheet-metal part for such alternative uses, and,v by means of such accessories to protect the individual beards 4forming thetop, bottom and or 'wooden boxes of large size against withdrawal from beneath a central box strap after their nails have been Withdrawn,

Other objects Will be set forth in the 'gen-` i eral description which4 follows.,

A sheet of dran/ings accompanies this specication part thereof.

AFigure l is lparts in all the iigures. v

An ordinary' Wooden box having narrow top, bottom and side boards, 1,'2, 3 and 4:, in connection with solid ends, 5, is repre.-

inetallic box strap, G, a nailless sheet-metal seal part, a, unit-ing the ends of the box strap, and sheet-metal seal accessories, b, one to each board of the box, for protecting the latter against Withdrawal from beneath the central box strap.

The seal part c and each of the seal accessories o are preferably-and conveniently of one and the sanponstruction, as illustrated by Figs. 2, gland l, although the lataccessory. l

rllhe construction common tothe seal part o and seal accessories Z1 consists in making them with a :dat disk-shaped or equivalent body portion, 7, having a pair of slots, 8 4and 9, oarallel with each other, cut therethrough, and the portion, 10, between the slots pressed 'ato a'second plane so as to form a passageway, ll, parallel with said body portion 7, of sufficient dimensions to freely admit two thicknesses of the box strap. rlhe metal of which said article is constructed is preferably a thick grade of sheet iron, free or substantially tree from resiliency, while the box erably and conveniently of thin and hard metal. The thicknessof the vsealpart or accessory relativeto the box strapinhereinarter described suiicient tomaterially 'Widening the box'strap. The said specially vdaf-signed -:forseal ac cesfurther .provided at the .factory Lilie reference characters refer to like sente-d in Fig. l, together with an` ordinaryy ter show what is primarily designed as a seal strap used in connection therewith is prefsores the supremacy of the former, and reners the supplemental bends ofthe boxy strap Ifastened infthemanner above described, and

Within the hole is preferably Vand conven-k1 Fig. 5; The boxstrap 6 is then, threaded through' the row of Vaccessories, and one of* l5 with 'a-ccntral nail hole,l 12, in said passageforming portion 1Q, and the metal rom iently allowed to bur, 13. v

In connection with a central box strap 6 asin Fig. 1, one-of said accessories b is attach'ed to each of thebox boards 1, 2, 3 and 4, in a straight row, by a small nail .or tack, 14, driven throu' h said nail hole 12'into the project in the foi-in of a lWood, andsaidr ur 13 is or' may be driven into the` wood 'at'the same operation. `See them, Fig. i6, near one end of the box stra 6, is then tightened to hold that endA of tie boxstrap during the tiglitenin or stretching operation.` Theaccessory i's -ing it and tightenedb -the vblo'w ofI aihamme'r flatten-4 ending the box strap- 6 around.

the edges' of the passage-forming portion 10.

"Both ends, l and 2', ofthe box s'trap 6 are I then"threaded through the assage 1l of the sealpart ,a as in Fig. 7. fter the sealing operation all the other accessories b' maybe are preferably so fastened, to take u additional slackV in the box strap 6, an to inseparably-attach them'the'reto.

After the stretching o erationfandwhile thel box s 'trapis still un erv tension the seal part -a is fastened as illustrated by Figs-8 and In'thisl operationprigid lips of'the y metal of said passage-forming portion 10 of substanti the seal.part,.a`nd the underlying portions the seal'l Iart a are pressed into positions a ly at rightangles'tothe top of L vof the two box-strap ends 1 and '2' are bent therewith into llike form, so' as to4 ermanently interlock the box-strap ends wit .each

l other 4and, with the seal (part.` VSee Fig. 8.

lSuitable and preferre means for stretchl ing the'box strap 6 are set forth in the Y specicationof Edward J. V,Brooks forming plart of -his ap licati'on for- United States tters Patent erial No.4 81201 filed March i 3, 1909, patented June221909', No.' 925990 l and asuitable and preferred sealpress for press fasteni-ngtlie seal part a isset forth in the specification of Edwardv J. -`Brooks forming art of his 'application for Letters'Patent `patented August 31,'19095-No: 932438. l It will be obvious that the bodyl portion 7- erial' No. 494441', tiled May-"6, 1909,

of the article of manu-facture common to the seal'part a and .seal accessories'-b ma be square or'of other vshape instead of-- iski shaped, and that the article maybe used as a vseal part in, the same position 'as in the seal accessories,if`preferred; and other like 'modifications will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art.

' or tightene v The seal dpart a may preferably-be closed onthebox strap ends bya blow havin tache ofthe hannner'preliminary to applying the seal press.

The new article of manufacture in sulfi- A`cient numbers may also be used as sealac- `manufacture constructed in one part of thick sheet-metal substantially free from resiliency and having a flat body portion, parallel slots therethrough and a passage between said slots fittedto a-iiatmetal box strap.

,2; -A' box-seal accessory constructed in one art of thick sheet-metal substantially free' romresiliency and having a at body por- 'tion, parallel slots therethrough, -a closable passage bet-Ween said slots fitted to a flatmetal box strap, and a passage-forming por tion'provided with a central nailhole.

3. A box-seal accessory constructed in one -part of. thick sheet-metal substantially free from resiliency and having a fiat body portion, parallel slots therethrough, a closable passage between said slots fitted to a flatmetal boxA strap, a passage-forming portion provided with a central nail-hole, and a burv surrounding said nail hole on the bottoni of the passage-forming portion.

4. The combination with a wooden box havin bottom, 'to and side boards attache at their en s, of a flat metal-box strap crossingsuch boards between their ends,` aY seal part inseparably uniting the ends of said boxl strap, and seal accessories inse arably attached to the several boards and aving c losable passages through which thebox strap is threaded, whereby the box .strap may be preliminarily fastened at'one -end -for the stretching operation, the box strap and accessories may be inseparably.

and immovably united with each other by flattening said accessories and the individual boards are secured against withdrawal from beneath the sealed box strap.

5. The combination with a wooden box at their ends, of a flat metal-box bottom, top and side boards at" strap crossing such boards between their,

ends, a seal part inseparably uniting the" yends of said box strap, and seal accessories Libo inse arably attached to theseveral boardsY and aving closable passages through which the box strap is threaded, whereby the boxl strap may be preliminurily -fastened at one end for the stretching operation, the box strap and .accessories may be inseparably and immovably united with eachother by iattening said accessories and the individual boards are secured against Withdrawal from l portions between parallel slots therethrough,

beneath the sealed boxbstrap; said seal part substantially as hereinbefore specified.

and lseal accessories eing constructed in y a common each in one part of thick sheet XVHNFRED MUDGE BROOKS Y 5 metal substantiallyfree from resiliency as lVtnesses:

compared with the thin and hard metal of GEO. R. FORD,V

the box strap, and having passage-forming DONALD LIVINGSTON, 

